Denise Sohandev Wellness

10/04/2026

I underestimated how disconnected I’d become… until Kerala brought me back to life.

One comes to Kerala not to escape life, but to remember how to live it.

I’d drifted from the rhythm of life until Kerala asked me to slow down. To resist the constant pull to do and to simply be.

Here, life moves with nature. Everything feels more alive. Colours are brighter. Smells are richer. The heat wraps around you. Slow becomes slower. Stillness becomes deeper.

And in what feels like chaos, clarity is revealed.

It made me ask the questions.
How do I take this way of being home with me?
How do I find peace when life speeds up again?

Maybe it’s not about changing everything.
Maybe it’s about remembering what matters, and choosing it again and again.

If something in you is craving that reconnection, I’m opening the waitlist for next year’s India journey.

Comment INDIA or message me to join.

01/04/2026

Perimenopause and mental health are inseparable, and global guidelines are finally catching up. If you have been told your anxiety, mood swings or low mood are “just stress,” this is for you.

Three non-negotiables every perimenopausal woman needs to know.

Source: Khadilkar et al. (2026). FIGO best practice recommendations for the mental health of women at menopausal age. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.70943

26/03/2026

Feel like you’re not coping?

The overwhelm of midlife is not a mindset problem. It is not weakness. It is not you falling apart.

It is biology.

When oestrogen fluctuates, cortisol rises. Your nervous system shifts into a state of chronic activation. And suddenly everything feels like too much, because for your nervous system, it genuinely is.

Willpower will not fix this. Pushing through will not fix this. And neither will that voice that tells you you should be coping better.

What your nervous system needs is regulation. Not motivation.

This is exactly what I work with. And it is exactly why so many midlife women feel like themselves again once they understand what is actually happening in their bodies and learn how to work with it instead of against it.

Save this for the next time you are hard on yourself for struggling. And share it with a woman in your life who needs to hear it today.

26/03/2026

If you’ve found yourself googling “anxiety and perimenopause” at 3am in the morning… this article might be for you…

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25/03/2026

Struggling with anxiety in perimenopause and nothing seems to take the edge off?

This is where nervous system regulation becomes non negotiable.

During perimenopause, your body is more sensitive to stress, which is why anxiety can feel amplified and harder to manage. The key is not to push through it, but to work with your nervous system.

One of the simplest ways to do this is through humming.

When you hum, the gentle vibration stimulates the vagus nerve, which plays a central role in calming your body. This helps shift you out of fight or flight and into a more regulated, grounded state.

It is simple, effective, and you can do it anywhere.

Inhale deeply
Exhale with a steady hum
Let your body settle

This is how you begin to feel safe again in your own body.

Follow me for practical, science backed tools to support anxiety in perimenopause and help you move through midlife with more ease and stability.

stress relief | breathwork | women’s health | emotional wellbeing

24/03/2026

Perimenopause anxiety is one of the most overlooked symptoms of hormonal transition, and most women are told it’s stress or depression. It’s not psychological , it’s biological and so the treatment needs to be somatic too.

How are you finding perimenopause? Is the anxiety real for you too?

| somatic healing | perimenopause | women over 40 | mental health awareness | breathwork

17/03/2026

AsI was preparing to talk at careers day, I realised that the adolescents about to finish school and step into a new season of life, overflowing with overwhelming choices and hormones bursting through their systems are not dissimilar to the women in midlife that I work with.

The only difference is that we’re compassionate, supportive and understanding of the massive choices and decisions that lie ahead of adolescents. We understand and make allowances for the impact their hormones have on them.

And yet…

Women in midlife have way more chaotic hormones than adolescents, their choices affect not only themselves but often spouses and children too.

I walked away from the talk feeling grateful that these youngsters were being supported through such a challenging and exciting season and…. Determined that women in midlife deserve the same love, compassion and support.

What do you think? Do women get enough support through this season of life or is there more that can be done?

09/03/2026

The life you built made sense when you built it.

But you are not the same woman you were at 28, or 35, or even 40.

And somewhere between keeping everything going and keeping everyone happy, you stopped asking what you actually needed.

Midlife is a becoming.

If this resonated, drop a heart in the comments. I read every single one.

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02/03/2026

It’s the question has destroys more dreams than failure ever has.

“What will the say?”

Fear of judgement and other people’s opinions can quietly shape your choices, your relationships, and the life you allow yourself to live. Not because you lack confidence or clarity, but because your nervous system has learnt that staying small feels safer.

This is where somatic life coaching is different.

I offer 1:1 somatic life coaching and my Self-Mastery programme, both online and in person, for women who are ready to move beyond insight and into real, embodied change.

Through nervous system regulation, belief change grounded in neuroplasticity, breath, and somatic practices, we work with both the mind and the body so new patterns actually stick.

If you feel stuck, anxious, reactive, or disconnected from yourself, this work helps you reclaim choice, agency, and alignment.

If you’re ready to stop living for other people’s expectations and start creating a life that feels like yours, DM me to enquire about 1:1 coaching or Self-Mastery, or explore the link in my bio.

01/03/2026

Much of my work is focused on women in midlife, and not because they are “in crisis” or need fixing, but rather because research consistently shows that this life stage comes with a unique convergence of pressures.

Women in midlife are often:
• Carrying significant professional responsibility
• Managing households and relationships
• Supporting children and ageing parents at the same time
• Navigating hormonal and physical changes that affect sleep, mood, energy, and focus
• Experiencing heightened stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm
• Questioning their sense of identity, purpose, or direction

What stands out in the research is this:
Many women are functioning well on the outside while feeling depleted, stretched, or disconnected on the inside.

And yet, they are rarely offered tools that address how stress actually works in the body and brain.

My work sits at the intersection of evidence-based neuroscience, body-based strategies, and practical self-leadership. Not to add more to already full lives, but to help women understand what’s happening beneath the surface and respond differently.

Midlife doesn’t need to be about burning everything down or pushing through harder.
It can be a recalibration.
A learning curve.
A chance to build a life that feels as good on the inside as it looks on the outside.

If this resonates, you’re not alone.
And you’re certainly not “behind”.

What have you experienced during your midlife transition?